When I was in college, I envied those who could study abroad or immigrate directly. At that time, I always felt that everything in foreign countries was good, and nothing in China was good. But after really going abroad, I was not used to it, at least I was not used to it. Every day when I woke up and went out, I heard foreign birdsong instead of the Chinese I had heard for more than ten years. When I walked on the street, I saw that the road signs were all in Japanese, not Chinese. I felt an inexplicable sense of loss in my heart.
It was around midnight three days later when the four of us returned to China. Of course, we were smuggled in. We are still wanted criminals in the island country. I got ashore and looked at the Chinese billboards in the distance. I was so excited. It’s hard to describe the feeling. I can understand why some people want to go back to China every day after immigrating. This is their root. Even fallen leaves return to their roots.
Li Shigao and Brother Qingfeng also seemed to be in a good mood. Not to mention that Li Shigao has always been an optimist, Brother Qingfeng was originally unhappy when Bai Leizhang took away the Buddhist beads. Later, Li Shigao counseled him for a while, saying that if you take it, it will belong to Ling Xiao, and then Brother Qingfeng also figured it out. They were not pessimistic people. Only Su Daji looked a little uncomfortable.
The boat behind us also went far away. I carried my bag and asked Su Daji: "Sister Su, what's wrong with you... (Please use this site to visit us.)"
Su Daji shook her head and sighed. I thought about it and asked, "You must be very uncomfortable not returning to the Celestial Empire for so long."
Su Daji nodded and said, "I have been away from the Celestial Empire for more than three thousand years. When I came back a hundred years ago, I was sealed away without even having the chance to travel around. For me now, the island nation may be more like my home."
I touched my nose, not knowing what to say. Indeed, Su Daji had lived in the island country for much longer than she had in the Celestial Empire, so naturally she had deep feelings for the island country. I said, "It's okay. It will be fine if the island country becomes a province of the Celestial Empire in the future."
"That's all nonsense." Su Daji rolled her eyes at me and stopped talking. I chuckled and asked Li Shigao on the side, "Old Li, where is the Celestial Empire here?" I was confused when I was on the boat these days, mainly because I was a little seasick. It was okay in a small river, but the feeling of crossing the sea made me feel really dizzy, so I didn't know where our destination was.
"This is Fujian Province." Li Shigao looked around and said, "It's so late. I haven't slept well during this time at sea. Let's find a hotel to sleep first."
There are many hotels in Fujian City. We walked out for ten minutes and hailed a taxi, and asked the driver to take us to the hotel. The driver looked quite honest and talked and laughed with us along the way. Then he took us to a three-star hotel. We were also very tired at the time. Although Li Shigao kept shouting that he wanted to go to a five-star hotel, we dragged him in and booked four single rooms.
Although this room is not as luxurious as a five-star hotel, it looks very clean and comfortable. I took a bath first, then looked at the time. It was almost one in the morning. I wanted to sleep, but I couldn’t. Suddenly, I remembered that Su Daji seemed to want to tell me something, but fate stopped her in the end. I thought about it for a while, and I always felt that what Su Daji wanted to tell me must be extraordinary. I took out my mobile phone and found the number of Yan Jing. I didn’t know if he was asleep so late.
Beep…
The phone rang for a while before the other party picked it up. The man with glasses on the other end asked, "Ah Jiu, is there anything wrong?"
I said, "Well, I've encountered something confusing and I want to hear your opinion. Do you have time now?" The reason I asked this was because I heard the sound of typing on the keyboard on the other end of the phone. I didn't know what Glasses was doing.
Glasses replied, "Uh, I have time. I'm just playing with something fun. Go ahead and talk. I'm listening."
I nodded, and then I told him about our trip to the Yasukuni Shrine, and then I met Bai Leizhang, and the dream. I even told Yan Jing about the Yin-Yang Recorder in my hand. I told him all about Bai Leizhang snatching the beads at the end. After Yan Jing finished listening, there was no more crackling sound from the other side. He said, "Give me five minutes to think about it."
The other end of the line was very quiet, so I put the phone to my ear and waited. After about four or five minutes, I heard the voice of Glasses from the other end.
"You said that what you find most strange is that the nine-tailed fox was frightened by what he wanted to say. Well, let me tell you this first. I don't think it is the so-called fate. In other words, the guy wearing a yellow hat and yellow clothes is not the real fate. He should be just a puppet. Because I told you before, don't take fate too seriously. For example, for me, the protagonist in my book is fate. I can set up a pseudo-fate in the book to do things on my behalf, but my real fate cannot enter this world. Do you understand? Fate cannot really interfere with the affairs of this world."
"And fate has many restrictions. For example, he doesn't want the nine-tailed fox to speak out, so he can only scare the nine-tailed fox. You mentioned before that the fate of the man in the yellow hat also scared a little girl who could tell fortunes. In fact, fate can't kill people at all. It can only rely on layout, such as setting a lot of dangers for you. But this is the most interesting part. When he sets dangers for you, he will definitely leave you a glimmer of hope, and he will also take out something of equal value to the crisis, or information. This is fate. It is impossible to arrange a situation where you are sure to die, or a dangerous and useless thing. Do you understand what I mean?"
I thought about it and said, "Well, what you mean is that no matter what you do, there should be corresponding benefits. Just say whatever you want to say. I'm not as smart as you."
"Ah, the wisdom of mortals~ But you are right, with your IQ you really can't think of this level. First of all, what did you experience when you arrived at the island country? There are two things, looking for the Yin-Yang Record and breaking into the Yasukuni Shrine. That's it. In fact, I feel that the only difficult thing about the Yin-Yang Record is the illusion at the end, but with the addition of the Teng Snake and other things, it barely meets the value of the Yin-Yang Record. What's really important is the benefits you can get from the Yasukuni Shrine."